Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A (Y1) review

05 February 2018
This one is the only Note in the fifth Redmi generation but it’s not the Note 5 that had everyone drooling. In fact, what should’ve been the Note 5 is now known as the 5 Plus, which we recently reviewed. The Redmi 5 proper also got its share of our homepage. It’s now the Redmi Note 5A’s turn, an entry-level phablet with a high-res selfie camera but no wide screen for a change. Cheaper, simpler, ordinary.

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  • 03 Feb 2024

Anonymous, 26 Aug 2022It's not making sense Good p

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    • Anonymous
    • XAq
    • 26 Aug 2022

    AnonD-737067, 13 Feb 2018Mi is fooling India by selling cheap specification Phone's ... moreIt's not making sense

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      • Amirul islam
      • 6p}
      • 16 Oct 2020

      Battery is poor

        Majority of these on my locksccreen are awesome wallpapers

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          • 06 Aug 2018

          eh
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            • AnonD-737067
            • YQ{
            • 13 Feb 2018

            Mi is fooling India by selling cheap specification Phone's in our country and Mi is selling best specification Phone's in his own country China . For example Mi best specification phone is Mi note series(mi note 3 6gb ram+64gb rom) and Mi series(Mi 6) Phone's. Mi not launching these series in India because these are high specification low in price. We are fooling by Mi. Ask Mi demand Mi for sell best specification Phone's in India don't in China. Mi is fooling India by selling cheap specification Phone's and Mi is selling best specification Phone's in his own country China . For example Mi best specification phone is Mi note series(mi note 3 6gb ram+64gb rom) phone Mi not launching this series Phone's in India. We are fooling by Mi. Ask Mi demand Mi for sell best specification Phone's in India don't in China.

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              • RAJVEER RATHOD
              • PyD
              • 12 Feb 2018

              mi note new in phone mi note 5 and mi y1 best phone
              i like u phone

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                • RAJVEER RATHOD
                • PyD
                • 12 Feb 2018

                mi note new in phone mi note 5 and mi y1 best phone
                i like u phone

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                  • Anil
                  • rKp
                  • 11 Feb 2018

                  Best but do not update android Oreo version

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                    • Anonymous
                    • gM{
                    • 09 Feb 2018

                    I think excellent product

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                      • Anonymous
                      • nGJ
                      • 07 Feb 2018

                      It's annoying me that reviews mention 18:9 or taller aspect ratios as somehow being a benefit.

                      It is simply a differently shaped screen, the utility of which will vary according to what people are doing with their phones.

                      For my taste, I like 5.5 inch or slightly larger 16:9 screens, partly because of their width in portrait mode (for typing). Yet, to maintain that width in an 18:9 aspect ratio requires a much taller device, which is annoying.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 0BG
                        • 07 Feb 2018

                        Hayaan Mo Sila, 07 Feb 2018I am suspecting that there's an issue with GSMArena Team's ... moreBut with the Honor they got identical results on headphones and amplifier.

                          Anonymous, 06 Feb 2018WTF is up with the wide-spread audio quality problems recen... moreI am suspecting that there's an issue with GSMArena Team's audio quality analyzer machine. I mean, some small crazy waves is understandable, but the results recently are too much outlying. I suspect that the external amplifier they're using has a problem already, hence the extremely disappointing results.

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                            • 07 Feb 2018

                            I think this rumor of Redmi 5 plus being the substitute of Redmi note 5, gsm arena took it very serious.
                            This is the second or third review talking about it even tho there's an indication of Redmi Note 5 coming to light.

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                              • RK3
                              • 07 Feb 2018

                              its been 4 months since xiaomi mi note 3! still no review! come on gsm arena. that phone deserves an in depth review~!!!!!

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 0BG
                                • 06 Feb 2018

                                WTF is up with the wide-spread audio quality problems recently? Multiple Xiaomi phones, even Sony and the Honor V10 (Although it could have been an equalizer turned on by default there).

                                Total deal breaker.